Equality Issues

Adopting and strengthening sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels.

Enhancing the use of enabling technologies, in particular information and communications technology (ICT), to promote women’s empowerment.

Undertaking reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to ownership and control over land and other forms of property, financial services, inheritance and natural resources, in accordance with national laws.

Ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences.

Ensuring women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.

Recognizing and valuing unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family as nationally appropriate.

Eliminating all harmful practices, such as child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation.

Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.

Ending all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.